Hainan Airlines To Service Brisbane From Shenzhen In September

First of all, I want to apologise for the lack of posts the last few days. I’ve been away on a family holiday and there was a lack of internet which meant posts were minimal. I’m also working hard on creating the email newsletter so that should be all sorted by the end of the week.

Anyway…

Hainan Airlines has recently announced that they will operate a new service from Shenzhen to Brisbane from September 21st of this year.

The Chinese based airline will operate 2 services into Brisbane every week with an A330-200 aircraft. There hasn’t been a schedule released yet but as soon as I get my hands on it, I’ll update the post.

The A330-200 features 222 seats in a 2 class configuration. The -200 model features 36 flat bed seats in a 2-2-2 config and also 186 standard Economy seats which are in a comfortable 2-4-2 config. The Business seats have a pitch of 74” and a width of 21” while the Economy seats have a pitch of 33” and a width of 19.”

Hainan already operates services to Sydney and Melbourne. This is the third destination for the carrier. Sydney has services from Xi’an & Changsha while Melbourne also has a direct service from Changsha and Xi’an. All services are also run twice weekly so they seem to be continuing on with the pattern.

As for points earning and redeeming, Hainan isn’t partners with Virgin Australia or Qantas but they do however have a brilliant partner in Alaska. You’ll earn 100% AS miles on all B, H, K, L, M, & Y Economy bookings and you’ll also earn 100% on Business Class fares with a 25% or 50% cabin bonus, depending on which fare you purchase.

Zac is a teen who has been obsessed with travel since the age of 2. Now flying 200,000+ miles per year and blogging about luxury travel. Points From The Pacific is a blog that posts about the latest airline news, insights, reviews and guides to help travellers use their points to travel in first and business class.

Just a heads up for this route. It is my understanding that Shenzhen is one of the few cities that is not eligible for Australians to take advantage of the TWOV program. Australians will need Visas to transit Shenzhen.

“Under the 24-hour TWOV policy, visa is not required for travelers who:

arrive from an international airport (except for Fuzhou Changle International Airport, Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport, Mudanjiang Hailang Airport and Yanji Chaoyangchuan Airport, where all passengers in transit are required to hold a visa);”

I know of reports of travellers being denied boarding due to no Chinese Visa.